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  20 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After elections; the Bishops: "Now we have to face the challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "In the next five years, the mending of the social contract will therefore depend on the extent to which the ruling party, working with the oversight functions of the 6th Parliament, have m ...
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  20 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Chiang Mai: testimony and dialogue foundations of the Church's mission Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 19 May Cardinal Fernando Filoni, as part of his pastoral visit to the Asian country (see Fides, 15/5/2019) went to Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, where there is a strong presence ...
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  20 May 2019
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Catholic Church confirms its commitment to national harmony and reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - While Sri Lanka celebrated, on May 18, the 10th anniversary of the end of a war with the Tamil rebels, "the Catholics of Sri Lanka, in a moment of tension and fear after the Easter attacks, conf ...
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  20 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic media promoters of the Gospel Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - "In our role as communicators of Catholic media we must ask three key questions: what does our Catholic communication consist of; what are the results; what challenges do Christian and Catholic m ...
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  18 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Pierluigi Maccalli "untaani": the man who creates unity in the name of God Bomoanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In the entire region of Tillaberi, it is no longer possible to travel by motorbike due to a ministerial decree that clearly states that terrorists arrive by motorbike and therefore it is bette ...
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  18 May 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian cemetery devastated by vandals: an attempt to sow terror Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides): "It is very sad to see that some people attacked our Christian cemetery, they broke crosses and damaged graves. It is an offense to our faith, our religious feelings are hurt; the guilty must ...
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  18 May 2019
  EUROPE/ITALY - Brothers of the Christian Schools: five "projects without border" for the mission of education Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of the celebrations to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the death of their founder St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Brothers of the Christian Schools present five new school projec ...
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  18 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes condemns the police violence committed in front of the Cathedral of Managua Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "I saw a video in which my cathedral is practically surrounded by police, this is so sad", said Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua at a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras ...
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  18 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A Spanish Salesian killed in Bobo Dioulasso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – A Spanish priest, Father Fernando Fernández, was stabbed to death, and another injured on Friday evening, 17 May in Don Bosco center of Bobo-Dioulasso in the Southwest of Burkina Faso,. ...
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  18 May 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assad to Armenian refugees: return to Syria and help us rebuild the country Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A call to return to Syria and rebuild homes devastated by the conflict was addressed by President Bashar Assad to Syrian Armenians who fled the Country during the years of conflict, finding ref ...
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  17 May 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Thailand: "a new missionary momentum is needed" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "This historic moment of the 350th anniversary of the beginning of the establishment of the hierarchy brings to our attention the need for a new missionary momentum. The pioneering efforts of t ...
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  17 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Disarmament, first step to resolve cross-border pastoral conflicts Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will no longer remain silent. We will no longer remain indecisive and we will no longer be fearful. We are committed in highlighting the suffering caused by small arms in the daily lives of ...
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  17 May 2019
  ASIA/THAILAND - "Missionary enthusiasm" of Catholics in Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of enthusiasm in the small Thai Catholic community. We are 390,000 baptized out of 65 million inhabitants. We are ready to welcome Cardinal Fernando Filoni, representative of the ...
• 17 May 2019
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Baruipur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Baruipur, India, the Rev. Shyamal Bose, of the clergy of Baruipur, currently Bursar and Chancellor of the same diocese. ...
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  17 May 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Ramadan, Coptic businessman offers "fast break" meals to Muslims Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - Ramzi Ajaybi is a Christian business man. He is a trader of poultry and frozen foods. The daily banquet offered by the Coptic Orthodox entrepreneur is prepared by chefs who work in the hotels of L ...